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• v  extricate from entanglement

• His kite was tangled in the power line behind his home outside Houston, and the impatient youngster tried to unsnarl the mess by poking at it with a rake.
• It calls for joint Government-industry sponsorship of demonstration projects to see if high-speed service will help revive passenger trains and unsnarl highways and airways.
• It is too early to give credence to rumors that Banker Soong was obliged to unsnarl the kidnapping mistake with millions of dollars in bribes.

• disentangle
• straighten out

• entangle
• snarl

News & Articles

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• 2 options under review to build Brent Spence Bridge [online extra]
  Kentucky and Ohio officials are considering two proposals to pay for a new Ohio River bridge in the Cincinnati area and both options include tolls, as the neighboring states try to unsnarl traffic at a site singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of the nation's aging network of bridges.
  Oct. 3, 2013 - Louisville Courier-Journal

Quotes

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• Pete Domenici in San Diego Union Tribune
  Bolton took a very active and positive role before I ever talked to Secretary Rice,Domenici said. "She then went on to work very hard to unsnarl the liability problem, and we have made great strides."